Wednesday, July 7, 2010

In honor of this week's Carnival of Nursing in Public, I'm putting up some of my favorite NIP pics from three years of shameless breastfeeding — anywhere, everywhere, whenever my baby needs it!

Please forgive all the words. I wanted to describe where all the nursing was taking place!

First meal in the hospital

Lavender festival on Vashon Island at 1 month old — I figured out a way to keep my hands free to make lavender wands!

At the midwives' picnic at 2 months old

After hiking down to the beach in Discovery Park (Hint: This was used as the cover on my NEW, self-published, upcoming BOOK! Are you excited? I am!)
Also, I just want to point out that I was low on the non-maternity shirts at that point. Ha!

And you'll see these photos in a slideshow in the Carnival of NIP at some point, but you can never have too much normalizing of breastfeeding.

P.S. Sorry I didn't make the WW rounds last week. Our router had died, and I didn't have much internet access to speak of. I'm still trying to make up!

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I LOVE all of those photos. You're right though about making sure to TAKE PHOTOS. I have maybe FOUR photos total of me breastfeeding my oldest son because his bio-father wouldn't take any photos of me with him (like... ever...)

With DS2 I have a handful of photos of him breastfeeding, but I haven't gotten any lately which I should remedy!

Breathtakingly beautiful photos! I don't have nearly enough photos of myself nursing my daughter and that's such a shame. She's my last baby and I'll never have the opportunity to breastfeed again once she self weans. I must have my hubby take a few photos soon. These were absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing them.

Kristi, Live and Love...Out Loud@TweetingMama

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Love your photos. Mikko is such a beautiful boy! I stumbled across some nursing pictures the other day that I'd snapped when Suzi was a newborn. It's such a sweet time to remember. There are lots of nursing pics of both my girls nursing at different ages, and I'm so glad I have them.

LOL, I got pretty good at doing almost anything while nursing...after about 8 yrs worth, I should think so! What people never seem to grasp is that nursing in public isn't about whipping out your boob & plopping it on the table...discretion can easily be achieved even without "covering up"...I can't tell you how many times people came over to see the baby in my arms & my having to say, "I'm nursing right now"....

How beautiful. I'm feeling a little emotional looking at these pics. I have NO pictures of us nursing. Maybe 1-2 from the hospital. So clueless. Should I have the chance to nurse if I am blessed w/ a 2nd child someday I should absolutely remember to take pics! It's not something to hide, it's something to be proud of! Beautiful!

How wonderful! As the mama of a little girl who was officially diagnosed as a "wimpy sucker" by my lactation consultant, I was a full-time pumper for 12 months. What a horror that was! I always said I would breastfeed her as long as she wanted to go. Alas, she had different plans. But, I am proud that I lasted a full year on my Medela! I was able to get one pic of her latched on, and it's my favorite!!! Keep up the great work, Mama!

I have tons and tons of bf'ing pics but they're all mostly of me in the car or at home. Since I'm the photographer of the family I never really had the presence of mind to take a snapshot of me in public while nursing, but I sure wish I had!

Thank you for stopping by my blog. I was happy to help, as it is such an important topic. Thank you for all that you do!

I was still nursing Kelsey when she had major surgery at 14 months. No one could believe how quickly she recovered, but those of us closest knew the nursing, comfort and closeness played a huge part. I was so relieved to be able to give that to her at such a crucial time.

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Riding the rails with my husband, Crackerdog Sam, and our hobo kids, Mikko Lint Picker (born June 2007), Alrik Irontrousers (born May 2011), and Karsten (born October 2014). Trying every day to parent intentionally and with grace.